GI & Endoscopy

South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health hired gastroenterologist Joseph Hancock, MD, in response to a community health assessment, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reports.

Medscape surveyed 15,069 physicians across more than 29 specialties for its Gastroenterologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2019. Respondents were required to practice in the U.S.

Here are seven gastroenterologists featured in the news in the past week:

Bradley Barth, MD, is the endoscopy director and pediatric gastroenterology director at Children's Medical Center Dallas.

Exact Sciences released its fourth quarter and full year 2018 earnings yesterday, posting a 71 percent gain in full-year revenues.

Exact Sciences posted fourth quarter 2018 revenues of $143 million, a 64 percent year-over-year increase.

Here are five of the most-read gastroenterology articles for the week of Feb. 14-21:

Burnout and unhappiness are prevalent throughout gastroenterology, according to Medscape's Gastroenterologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2019.

The American Gastroenterological Association selected 10 early-career physician-scientists as "scholars" for the 2019 AGA Fostering Opportunities Resulting in Workforce and Research Diversity program.

Anthony Nicholas Kalloo, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatology chief and director at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine.